This proposal has been rejected. This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy based on the discussion on this page.
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Language is used for Torah/Talmud study in modern times, but there is really no current new work in the language, with the exception of some religious writings. Historical languages have a higher burden of proof to be eligible, and this does not meet that burden of proof. For LangCom: StevenJ81 (talk) 14:51, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Many Torah-learned Jews do not speak Hebrew but are familiar with Rabbinic Hebrew. As there is no ISO code for that, the closest thing that such people will understand is the Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmud. Many such people will also refuse to read WP in any other language than those used for rabbinic texts.
My strong suspicion is that people who would literally only read WP in that language wouldn't even read WP in that language. StevenJ81 (talk) 19:56, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This will probably be rejected, because Amire80 said this on langcom-l, @Ari1891adler: if you don't agree with him, you may contact his email separately. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 15:35, 7 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Liuxinyu970226: I'm around much less on weekends. Why are you so impatient? We're all volunteers, remember? StevenJ81 (talk) 14:49, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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